Promoting the "Unit Idea": Manufactured Kitchen Cabinets (1900-1950)

Beecher, Mary Anne

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“…Storage of foods in a kitchenscape occurs in subunits of the room environment that offer viewpoints for shelfscapes, pantryscapes, or cabinetscapes (Beecher, 2001). More visible and more easily obtainable stored foods may facilitate and promote consumption of those foods.…”

Section: Kitchenscapesmentioning

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Kitchenscapes, Tablescapes, Platescapes, and Foodscapes

Sobal

Wansink

2007

Environment and Behavior

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Built environments at many scales influence the type and amount of food consumed. Macroscale food systems and food landscapes influence food choices, and microscale rooms, furniture, containers, and objects influence food intake. The authors review literature about how four ubiquitous microscale built environments are persistent but often unrecognized influences on food intake. Kitchenscapes influence food intake through availability, diversity, and visibility of foods; tablescapes through variety, abundance, and accessibility; platescapes through portion and/or package size, arrangement, and utensil type; and foodscapes through food-item forms and landmarks. Microgeographies of built environments provide a subtle, pervasive, and often unconscious influence on food choices, food intake, obesity, and health. Reengineering built environments may offer opportunities to shape food intake.

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Section: Kitchenscapesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Kitchenscapes, Tablescapes, Platescapes, and Foodscapes

Sobal

Wansink

2007

Environment and Behavior

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“…Predating and informing the unit kitchens were the office secretaries of the late nineteenth century, furniture elements that in one piece fabricated an entire office environment for the individual user (Driesbach et al 1983). This stands in contrast to the modular kitchen, which followed the 'unit idea' as a modularised system of cabinetry elements (Beecher 2001). The idea of the totally incorporated unit as an interior construct was evidenced not just in the design of kitchens but in bathrooms as well.…”

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The Prefabricated Interior Design Studio: An Exploration into the History and Sustainability of Interior Prefabrication

Schneiderman

Freihoefer²

2013

Int J Art Design Ed

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This article examines the integration of prefabrication into an interior design studio. A review of the literature revealed that while there is a paucity of categorical research focused on this subject, the subject is historically significant with an abundance of evidence regarding the prefabrication of the interior environment dating back thousands of years. The studio began with a research report, which uncovered a lack of specific topical historical evidence correlating prefabrication with interior design. Next, a series of lectures defined the topic 'Prefabricated Interior Design' and introduced sustainable strategies in prefabrication. Finally, students were instructed to create and assemble three separate prefabricated design studies. At the end of the instructional semester students were questioned about their education, attitudes, and professional objectives toward Prefabricated Interior Design. The survey uncovered that students feel Prefabricated Interior Design is 'unrepresented' in historical content and professional practice. The survey also revealed that students' initial awareness of prefabrication in interior design is weak, however, with the implementation of the topic into a studio-based course their attitudes and perceptions toward prefabrication heightened.Keywords architecture, interior design, prefabrication, sustainable design, design history, architecture history iJADE 32.2 (2013)

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The Cornell Kitchen: Housing and Design Research in Postwar America

Penner¹

2018

Technology and Culture

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The Cornell Kitchen (1950-55) was produced at Cornell University by a multidisciplinary team with expertise in home economics, engineering, architecture, and psychology. It promised to deliver rational design, functional principles, aesthetic appeal, and emotional satisfaction in one prefabricated, easy-to-install package. This article sets out the kitchen's history from its design to its field-testing phase to its impact on postwar kitchens. It argues that the kitchen represents an important effort to approach housing in a more scientific way; scientific methods were deployed to understand both the physical and socio-psychological problems of dwelling. The project also sought to introduce a specific model for leveraging housing research into the real world, partnering with industry to mass produce scientific designs. Social scientific methods were hence used to create not only more livable but also more saleable products in an effort to appeal to manufacturers and consumers alike.

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Promoting the "Unit Idea": Manufactured Kitchen Cabinets (1900-1950)

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Kitchenscapes, Tablescapes, Platescapes, and Foodscapes

Kitchenscapes, Tablescapes, Platescapes, and Foodscapes

The Prefabricated Interior Design Studio: An Exploration into the History and Sustainability of Interior Prefabrication

The Cornell Kitchen: Housing and Design Research in Postwar America

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